Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon (Movie - 2011)

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  Park Hae-il
  박해일
  As
  Nam-i
  (남이)
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  Ryu Seung-ryong
  류승룡
  As
  Jyu Sinta
  (쥬신타)
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  Kim Moo-yul
  김무열
  As
  Seo Goon
  (서군)
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  Moon Chae-won
  문채원
  As
  Ja-in
  (자인)
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  Lee Han-wi
  이한위
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  Gap-yong
  (갑용)
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  Kim Ku-taek
  김구택
  As
  Kang-doo
  (강두)

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  [HanCinema's News] "Parasite" Expected to Clean up at Blue Dragon Film Awards
  2019/11/14
  The fortieth annual Blue Dragon Film Awards will be taking place on November 21st. Since the nominees were announced, "Parasite" has emerged as the obvious favorite, though other strong films released this year have outside chances in some of the award's fifteen categories,...More

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  [Interview] Ryu Seung-ryong "Kingdom - Season 2" Will Round Out Series
  2019/02/06, Source
  "Season 2 is amazing. I get surprised reading the script as the puzzles come together. If Season 1 was about dropping bait, in Season 2, the foreshadowing is remembered. The drama is full of surprises and it's like the second half of a football game", said Ryu Seung-ryong of Netflix drama "Kingdom",...More

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  Jo Woo-jin to Finally Tie the Knot With Girlfriend of Over 10 Years
  2018/09/24, Source
  Actor Jo Woo-jin is getting married. He's getting married to his non-actor girlfriend on the 14th of October,...More

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  [Video] "The Fortress" Starring Lee Byung-hun Releases on Amazon, Google Play And iTunes May 1, 2018
  2018/04/20
  Credit: CJ Entertainment "The Fortress" Starring Lee Byung-hun Releases on Amazon, Google Play And iTunes May 1, 2018 From "Miss Granny" Director, Hwang Dong-hyuk CJ Entertainment is releasing "The Fortress", a period drama featuring popular South Korean actor, Lee Byung-hun, best known for "Magnificent Seven" and "Terminator Genisys" on Amazon, Google Play, and iTunes on May 1, 2018. This title played in 18 cities across the U.S. and Canada last Fall,...More

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  [USA & Canada] Lee Byung-hun in "The Fortress" October 20 in U.S. and Canada
  2017/09/22, Source
  "The Fortress", starring Lee Byung-hun debuts In The U.S. and Canada October 20, 2017 From "Miss Granny" Director, Hwang Dong-hyuk   CJ Entertainment is releasing "The Fortress", a new period drama featuring popular South Korean actor, Lee Byung-hun.  This title will premiere on October 20, 2017 in over 30 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Following its premiere, "The Fortress" will be the main feature of Korean Film Days at the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, and it has also been chosen to open at the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) next in London,...More

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  The 7 Lucky Charm Celebrities
  2017/06/30
    There are few actors and actresses we are awfully familiar with, because they are everywhere! These stars we will talk about today are not the top celebrities who always gets the main roles but rather, the minor roles that will withhold the show with their firm support! They are so-called the Lucky Charm Celebrities, as it is said that whatever movies/dramas they appear in, will end up in a great success!,...More

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  Yoon Si-yoon, Park Ki-woong and Lee Min-ki are coming back
  2016/01/11, Source
  Yoon Si-yoon, Park Ki-woong and Lee Min-ki are coming back. They are looking forward to the end of the National Duty which they have been doing for the last 21 months,...More

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  Son Ye-jin, Park Hae-il have been confirmed to lead the romance in 'The Last Princess'
  2015/08/20, Source
  Director Heo Jin-ho's new project "The Last Princess" has been drawing much attention from the early stage of its planning. The movie is based on the bestseller with the same title published in 2009. It is a story of the last female royal family member of Joseon, "The Last Princess", who was a daughter of King Gojong, and the people who devoted their life to protect her,...More

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  Lee Min-ho, Moon Chae-won, Jung Woo, Kim Go-eun and Oh Dal-soo to attend BiFan
  2015/07/07, Source
  Actors and actresses Lee Min-ho, Moon Chae-won, Jung Woo, Kim Go-eun and Oh Dal-soo are being awarded trophies at the Bucheon International Fantastic Movie Festival. BiFan revealed the award winners for Producer's Choice, Fantasia Award and It Star Award. Lee Min-ho and Moon Chae-won are winners of the Producer's Choice Award, Jung Woo and Kim Go-eun are winners of the Fantasia Award and Oh Dal-soo is the winner of the It Star Award,...More

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  Lee David in "Who Are You - School 2015"
  2015/04/09, Source
  Actor Lee David succeeded with his first take of the KBS 2TV drama "Who Are You - School 2015". Lee David plays Park Min-joon, a hard working student who has never lost to first place,...More

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  Kim Moo-yul and Yoon Seung-ah getting married
  2015/04/01, Source
  While Kim Moo-yul and Yoon Seung-ah are getting married, Jo Jung-suk and Group Eight's Lee Hyeon-I are blessing their marriage by singing. Their wedding is being held in private on the 4th. Kim Moo-yul's best friend Jo Jung-suk will be hosting the wedding and Lee Hyeon-I will be singing. The couple has recently been to Europe for their wedding pictorial and honeymoon,...More

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  [Interview] Moon Chae-won's belly dance and relationships
  2015/01/14, Source
  "Today's Love" is daringly said to be the "My Sassy Girl" of 2015. Moon Chae-won is the 'it girl' as she dances and swears, but she's still a lovely girl who we can't take our eyes off. Moon Chae-won is a weather reporter named Hyeon-woo who has a friend she's known for 18 years and is somewhat more than a friend but not lovers with him. This is Moon Chae-won's first romance comedy and she's landed herself in a pretty good character,...More

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  [HanCinema's Feature] Korea's Top Five Favorite Films of 2014
  2014/12/20
  2015 is nigh upon us, a fresh year with its own host of hits waiting to entertain and be enjoyed. There is still a little time before 2014 passes us by, and before it does I wanted to glance back and take stock of this year's most successful spectacles and see what rose to top in terms of ticket tallies. Last year Korean cinephiles were treated to an array of awesome attractions ("The Face Reader", "Snowpiercer", "The Attorney", "Miracle in Cell No.7"), but still Bong Joon-ho's 2003 hit "The Host" remained the nation's cash king with over 13M admissions. It would take something supremely special (historic) to rally such record-breaking support and slay this iconic stub-guzzler,...More

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  [HanCinema's Take] The "Admiral" and his Impossible Fleet
  2014/08/23
  I'm always intrigued when patterns emerge in space-time; plausible improbabilities that speak to universal truths, or magically mirror the collective's consciousness. These uncanny alignments aren't always meaningful, or random, but there's a persistent allure to be found in such synchronicity; as if, when aligned, a precious pinhole appears, a vague vantage point awaiting some some golden thread to pierce and grab the message in bottle before it's too late. Last week a new Korea box office champion was crowned as Kim Han-min's "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (2014) cruised past Bong Joon-ho's hybrid hit "The Host" (2006), becoming the peninsula's highest grossing film of all time,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...
  2014/07/26
  K-Films Coming Soon: ★★★★★ "Roaring Currents": A historical epic that depicts the legendary exploits of one of the world's greatest navel strategists, Admiral Yi Sun-Shin. (07/30) ★★★★ "HARU": A psychiatrists whose marriage is waning has to treat his wife's daughter and begins to fantasise about about their relationship. (07/31) ★★★★ "The Suffered": A woman visiting her sick father gets to close to a mysterious man with dangerous consequences. (07/31),...More

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  Park Ki-woong to star in Kim Ki-duk's "Made In China"
  2014/02/04, Source
  Actor Park Ki-woong has been cast for the main role of the movie "Made In China". Kim Ki-duk Films' "Made In China" is the debuting product of director Kim Dong-hoo and this movie delivers a message about human introspection,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "The Face Reader": A Polished Period Piece with Nothing to Hide
  2014/02/01
  In the Spotlight this Week: Han Jae-rim's "The Face Reader" Dreamy quest through Joseon's dynastic dreamscapes have provided modern Korean cinema with some of the most lavishly successful hits in recent years. Period features such as "The Thieves" (2012), "Masquerade" (2012), and "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (2011) have stormed local theatres and attracted tens of millions of filmgoers to their vibrant and scintillating re-imaginings of Korea's Hermit Kingdom. These romanticised tellings have probed and pondered various political dramas through a curious, but altogether captivating, contemporary lens. There has already been a tremendous about of buzz regarding the string of yarns set for release this year, but that feverish frenzy was somewhat sparked by 2013's only, and hugely successful, period film: "The Face Reader",...More

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  [HanCinema's Afterwords] KOFIC Podcast Review - Ep. 5
  2014/01/25
  In this Episode: Pierce has a chat with film critic Jason Bechervaise about six period films coming in 2014… KOFIC recently launched "Korean Cinema Today", a bimonthly podcast that's all about the wonderful world of Korean cinema. Hosted by Pierce Conran, the show features the latest Korean cinema news, features, discussions, and interviews with special guests from the industry. In episode 5 Pierce has Korean film critic, journalist and academic Jason Bechervaise in studio to discuss the host of period films coming our way in 2014,...More

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  [HanCinema Feature] Historical Hysteria: Korean period films coming in 2014
  2014/01/11
  Joseon pirates, legends, swordsmen, angels and more coming our way in 2014... Cinematic journeys back to Joseon and beyond have rewarded the Korean film industry with a string of profitable historical yarns, a trend that has got producers drooling with the prospect of tapping deeper into this regenerative cash cow. Recently, it's been Han Jae-rim's "The Face Reader" (9.1M admissions) that has had locals flustered and, in 2005, it was Lee Joon-ik's "The King and the Clown" that became the first Joseon-era flick to pass the 10 million admissions mark. It's big business with a cultural twist that locals enjoy supporting, international audiences love lapping up, and a trend that 2014 is keen to take advance of as a host of new retrospectives are getting raring to go,...More

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  [HanCinema's Lists] The Top 5 Korean Period Films of All-Time
  2014/01/10
  Korean period features are big business that, when done right, really do bring in the big bucks. The past few years, in particular, have yielded some stellar titles that have seriously resonated with local audiences. This trend is set to continue in 2014 as a host of new historical dramas and action flicks are lining up to try and capture the public's imagination by re-framing the past in unique and exciting ways. Some of the historical films to look out for in 2014 include: "KUNDO : Age of the Rampant", "A Touch of Zen", "Pirates", "The Huntresses", and "Battle Of Myeongryang"; but before we usher in these new historical yarns, here's a quick look at the five highest grossing Korean period films of all-time that this year's entries will hope to challenge,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame] "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2013/11/02
  In the Spotlight this Week: "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" by Kim Han-min Finding historical shards embedded in modern myths makes for compelling cinema, those nuggety kernels of truth that somehow make the illusion of the dream that much more Real. In "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", director Kim Han-min's fourth world in his filmic multiverse, we are teleported back to a troubled time in Korea's history; specifically, the Second Manchu Invasion (1636 – 1637) where the Kingdom of Joseon was under heavy military and political pressures from their tiresome Qing neighbours. Many period yarns are prone to taking liberties (creative archeologically shortcuts) when conceptualising and producing stories attempting to navigate historical truths; comparatively, however, "Arrow" is the most popular recent addition to the genre that was able to successfully conceptualise the era without changing the course of history. Historically accurate or not, one piece of archival evidence that will be clear to future gravediggers is that this unearthed gem was a massive success (7.4 million admissions) that became the highest grossing Korean film of 2011 AD. And would have been top overall if it wasn't for Bay's epic third instalment (7.7 million) in the "Transformer" series,...More

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  Ryohei Otani stars in "Point Blank" with Ryu Seung-ryong
  2013/10/14, Source
  Actor Ryohei Otani has been cast for movies "Point Blank" and "Closet". "Point Blank" is about a resident killer who gets involved with an unexpected case and stars Ryu Seung-ryong and Cho Yeo-jeong. Ryohei Otani plays the role of a professional killer who is after Ryoo,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild"
  2013/10/05
  In the Spotlight this Week: "Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild" (2011) by Oh Seong-yoon Before 2011 no Korean animation had attracted more than a million admissions. It's a number that, according to director Oh Seong-yoon, has "symbolic meaning", a figure that his first feature animation "Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild" eventually more than doubled. "Leafie" spent seven weeks in the top ten last summer, never rising higher than fourth or claiming more than 250,433 admissions at a time. It lingered for weeks and was supported by a steady flow of curious filmgoers, all while competing with the likes of "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (7.4M), "The Front Line" (2.9M), "Quick" (3.1M), and many others that were on show during its impressive spell. This popular adaptation went on to entertain more than 2.2 million filmgoers, making it the most commercially successful Korean animation in history. "Leafie" was a polished, beautiful story that was well voiced, and unashamedly touched on the selfless trials of modern motherhood,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.09.27 - 2013.09.29
  2013/09/30
  Ticket sales slowed considerably in the aftermath of Korea's Chuseok holiday celebrations, but that didn't stop Han Jae-rim's "The Face Reader" from advancing past 8 million admissions ($54M). Last week Han's popular period yarn claimed 2.2 million admissions (51.5%) over a whopping 1,239 screens, but the harvest deities have fled and reduced the blockbuster's momentum here to just 641,786 (36.5%) over 857. "The Face Reader" is also now Korea's 14th highest grossing film of all-time, having just recently passed Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (7.4M) and Bae Jong's "Welcome to Dongmakgol" (8M). Han's hit still has more than a million admissions to go if it wants to take on Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic thrill ride "Snowpiercer" (9.3M), a feat that will make it the fifth film in two years to break into the Korea's increasingly unstable top ten,...More

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  [HanCinema's Image Gallery] "The Host"
  2013/09/28
  A selection of shots from Bong Joon-ho's monster mash-up "The Host" (2006),...More

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  The Korean Film Festival comes to Montreal
  2013/06/26, Source
  In celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Korea, a selection of 10 outstanding Korean films will be showcased in Montreal from July 4th to 10th, 2013. Ciné-Asie, along with the major support of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, presents the first edition of the Korean Film Festival in Canada – KFF – which will be launched in five Canadian cities, highlighting Montreal in partnership with the Cineplex Odeon Forum and Mosaicultures Internationales Montréal at the Montreal Botanical Garden (an event that expects nearly two million visitors this summer), the KFF anticipates to receive a large number of visitors for its first edition. For the first time, the KFF website is composed in three different languages: English, French, and Korean. The KFF will present ten full length feature films and five short films. The feature films are either the highest grossing movies in recent years, totalling 7 to 13 million admissions in South Korea, or have gained international critical acclaims, winning significant awards. Among them include Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" (Le grand prix at Venice 2012), "Miracle in Cell No.7" (over 12 million admissions in Korea, 2013), and "Masquerade" starring actor Lee Byung-hun (over 12 million admissions in Korea, 2012),...More

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  Ryu Seung-ryong stars as killer in "Point Blank"
  2013/05/08, Source
  'Dirty sexy' Ryu Seung-ryong is a killer. Ryoo is negotiating terms and conditions with the movie "Point Blank". "Point Blank" is a well known French movie about a killer and a nurse who helped out the killer joining powers to track down the man who kidnapped the nurse's wife,...More

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  Ryohei Otani cast for movie "Battlefield - Whirlwind Sea"
  2013/01/23, Source
  Actor Ryohei Otani has been cast for the movie "Battlefield - Whirlwind Sea". "Battlefield - Whirlwind Sea" is about the part of General Yi Sun-sin during the Myeong-ryang victory and is directed by Kim Han-min. The cast includes Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Cho Jin-woong and more,...More

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  Korean movie of the week "A Muse"
  2012/11/29, Source
  Korean movie of the week "A Muse" (2012) Directed by Jeong Ji-woo With Park Hae-il, Kim Moo-yul, Kim Go-eun, Jung Man-sik, Park Chul-hyun, Jang Yun-sil,... Also known as "Eungyo" Synopsis Director Jeong Ji-woo, who directed "Close to You" and "Modern Boy" and also wrote "Moss", returns with a film based on a bestseller by Park Bum-sin. The film is a melodrama dealing with a triangle relationship involving poet Lee Jeok-yo (Park Hae-il) who's in his 70's, writer SEO Ji-woo (Kim Moo-yul) in his 30's, and a 17 year-old girl, Eun-kyo (Kim Go-eun),...More

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  Actor Lee Seung-joon marries 3 years younger dentist
  2012/11/20, Source
  Talented actor Lee Seung-joon is getting married to a dentist three years younger than himself on the 2nd of December. He has recently met the parents and is currently making wedding preparations for the wedding. It is most likely it will be held in disclosure,...More

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  MASQUERADE sets box office records in South Korea and expands across North America!
  2012/10/24, Source
  Since its South Korean release on September 13th and its North American release in select cities on September 21st, historical drama "Masquerade" has experienced sweeping success in both countries. In South Korea, "Masquerade" has been topping the weekend box office for six consecutive weeks, reaching 10 million in admissions and becoming the 7th movie in Korean film history to surpass the number. Following a Red Carpet Premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with Lee Byung-hun and a limited U.S. release, "Masquerade" is now expanding to six more cities, including the brand new Angelika Mosaic in Washington D.C. See added list of theaters and release dates below:,...More

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  "Bridal Mask" Park Ki-woong, date with Star Today
  2012/09/18, Source
  Park Ki-woong who played the wicked Kimura Shunji in the KBS 2TV drama "Bridal Mask", is visiting the Maeil Finance Media Center. He will be on a live date with fans through Maeil Finance S tar Today and Twitter at 4 o'clock for 30 minutes on the 18th,...More

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  Song Seung-heon and Yoon Je-moon to come together in "The Messenger"
  2012/09/17, Source
  Actors Song Seung-heon and Yoon Je-moon are starring in a movie together. According to the movie industry on the 18th, Song and Yoon and considering the terms of "The Messenger". This movie is directed by Kwon Jong-gwan,...More

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  [HanCinema Report] Packed house for opening of KOFFIA in Sydney
  2012/08/28
  KOFFIA 2012 - 22-28 August, 2012 The 3rd annual Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) kicked off last week on 22 August at picturesque Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia. It was a packed house at Dendy Cinema for the Opening Ceremony which began with an official welcome and a brief run through of this year's festival by KOFFIA 2012 Artistic Director Kieran Tully. Guests were then treated with a delightful performance of a traditional Korean Fan Dance (Buchaechum) by Hyun Kim before the official opening of the festival by Consul-General of the Republic of Korea (Sydney) Mr Jin-Soo Kim. The night concluded with a well-received screening of the highest grossing Korean film of 2011, Kim Han-min's spectacular "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  "Masquerade" Coming to North America on September 21!
  2012/08/28, Source
  CJ Entertainment brings the historical drama "Masquerade" to North American theaters on September 21st.  Set in the seventeenth century, "Masquerade" was written by the co-writer of "Old Boy" and stars Lee Byung-hun (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and "A Bittersweet Life") in one of this fall's most riveting tales. "One must not record that which he wishes to hide". -February 28, 1616 The tyrant of the century, or the tragic monarch? History remembers one king with two faces,...More

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  Coming September 2012 From CJ Entertainment
  2012/08/13
  Coming this fall with the first ever day-and-date Korea and U.S. theatrical release for a Korean film is the hotly anticipated historical drama "Masquerade", starring Korea's world star Lee Byung-hun and written by "Old Boy" co-writer, Hwang Jo-yoon. The versatile actor LEE (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and A Bittersweet Life) plays the dual lead as both the tragic King Gwanghae and that of the commoner who shares a fatefully remarkable resemblance to the ruler, Ha-Seon,...More

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  2012 Film Line-up Revealed!
  2012/07/20, Source
  The 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia, KOFFIA, is pleased to announce its film line-up for 2012. KOFFIA will showcase 20 of the best and latest Korean feature films as well as a few past classics, in a diverse program that will allow audiences to discover their connection to Korean cinema and culture. Audiences will once again be treated to a feast of Korean festivities taking place at Dendy Opera Quays in Sydney and ACMI Cinemas Federation Square in Melbourne. While for the first time selected titles will also screen at Tribal Theatre in Brisbane, as August and September sees 16 days of screenings across the Australian east coast,...More

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  Gay-themed 'Weddings' picks fun over logic
  2012/06/18, Source
  A musical sequence marks the finale of Kim-Jho Gwang-soo's latest film "Two Weddings and a Funeral". It opens on June 21 in theaters nationwide. / Courtesy of Jinjin Pictures By Kwaak Je-yup Whether he likes it or not, the films of Kim-Jho Gwang-soo have come to embody more than just entertainment. For a country where the population is largely unfamiliar with homosexuality, the works of an openly gay director and his portrayals of life in the closet are often the only medium for the general heterosexual audience to grasp the concept of same-sex relationships. In his debut feature film "Two Weddings and a Funeral", which opens next week, KimJho seems to disregard this responsibility. Light on logic and heavy on cheap humor and melodrama - with cringeworthy amateurish music and sound effects - the movie portrays self-celebration and self-parody at the same time,...More

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  CJ Entertainment Reveals Everything about my Wife
  2012/06/12, Source
  Sexy romantic comedy opens in North America on June 22, 2012 LOS ANGELES, CA (June 11, 2012) – CJ Entertainment brings the unconventional romantic comedy "Everything about my Wife" to North American screens on June 22, 2012, just weeks after it's South Korean debut where it swept to the top of the box office with over 2 million audience admissions in its first 2 weeks. Mr. Casanova… Please Seduce My Wife! After seven years of marriage, Doo-hyun (Lee Sun-kyun) is at the end of his rope. Jung-in (Im Soo-jung), his wife, is beautiful, sexy, and a fantastic cook, but drives her husband crazy with her endless nagging and complaining,...More

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  Ha Jung-woo, Ha Ji-won Voted Most Popular Movie Stars
  2012/05/21, Source
  Ha Jung-woo and Ha Ji-won have been voted the most popular actor and actress in Korea in an email poll by the Chosun Ilbo and the nation's largest film ticketing site MaxMovie. Some 25,784 people voted from April 18 to May 5. The two drew 10.1 and 13.7 percent of the votes respectively. But Song Kang-ho and Jeon Do-yeon were chosen as the best -- as opposed to most popular -- actor and actress, with 18 and 23.3 percent. Since the poll targeted online users of MaxMovie who had been to the cinema at least once last year, it probably reflects moviegoers' preferences more accurately than other surveys,...More

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  Art and Culture
  2012/05/15, Source
  Now it's time to learn more about the latest art and culture events with our Michelle Kim. I hear she has brought us movies and something that she encourages us to actually perform for ourselves. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young What do you have for us today [Reporter : ] To start us off today I have two movie updates with two very good looking actors. Two inspiring actors from Korea and the United States, Ryu Seung-ryong and Johnny Depp are coming back to the big screen to lure all the female fans,...More

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  [HanCinema Drama's Diary] My First K-Drama: "Deep-Rooted Tree"
  2012/04/28
  Ever since I dived into Korean cinema in all its cinematic glory and magic, there has been another side of the industry that I somehow managed to avoid. It's on the T.V. sets of thousands of diehard fans and junkies that swear by them and they are the topic of much discussion on Internet forums and between friends and families, not just in Asia, but around the world. Now perhaps it has been this very, almost cult-like and truly fanatical following, that somewhat put me off getting my feet wet, but this past week I took the leap and started watching my first K-drama,...More

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  Added new stills, video and updated cast for the Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/04/27, Source
  Added new stills, video and updated cast for the Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won in "Nice guy"
  2012/04/25, Source
  Hot icons Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won are going to star in a new drama by writer Lee Kyeong-hee. According to sources on the 26th, Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won have confirmed to star in the drama "Nice Guy" which was written by Lee Kyeong-hee from "Sorry, I Love You", "A Love to Kill", "Thank You" and more,...More

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  Baek Sang Awards 1 : "Punch" and "The Sun and The Moon"
  2012/04/25, Source
  Is it "Punch" and or "The Sun and the Moon"? While the 48th Baek Sang Arts Awards is about to commence, on the 26th, the question is who will receive the Grand Prize. The 48th Baek Sang Arts Awards will be held on the 26th at 6:30 PM at the Seoul Olympic Hall with hosts Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Ah-joong. This ceremony divides into movie and TV categories. Movie, TV, Entertainment and Refinement are announced by category. Movie and TV are given Grand Prizes and Lee Byung-hun from "I Saw the Devil" and Hyun Bin from "Secret Garden" won them last year,...More

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  Baek Sang Awards 2 : Park Hae-il VS Kim Yun-seok close game for Best Actor Award
  2012/04/25, Source
  Who will become the Best Actor at the Baek Sang Arts Awards? The competition between nominated actors and actresses for the 48th Baek Sang Arts Awards is intense. The most competitive category is of course, the Best Actor Award. Park Hae-il from "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", Kim Yun-seok from "Punch", Ahn Sung-ki from "Unbowed", Choi Min-sik from "Nameless Gangster" and more have been nominated for this category,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2012/04/25 in Korea
  2012/04/25, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2012/04/25 in Korea "A Muse" and "48 Hours Deviation",...More

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  Park Bo-young's impression about her movie
  2012/04/23, Source
  "I am looking forward to it and nervous" Park Bo-young expressed her thoughts about the release of her movie "Don't Click" which is finally coming out for the first time in 9 months,...More

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  Movie of the week "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2012/04/19, Source
  Movie of the week "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (2011) Directed by Kim Han-min With Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong, Kim Moo-yul, Moon Chae-won, Lee Han-wi, Kim Ku-taek,... Also known as "War of The Arrows" Synopsis 13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China,...More

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  Park Hae-il and Song Se-byeok in "Weekend Prince"
  2012/04/19, Source
  Actor Park Hae-il is now attempting at comedy this time. Park Hae-il has currently confirmed to star in the movie "Weekend Prince" directed by Im Pil-seong about three men who gather together in the weekend to have some fun,...More

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  Added new still and video for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/04/10, Source
  Added new still and video for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Added trailer and making of for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/04/06, Source
  Added trailer and making of for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Moon Chae-won's see-through dress
  2012/04/05, Source
  Actress Moon Chae-won wore a black see-through dress and showed off a pose like Barbie. She posted a picture of herself wearing a black see-through dress on her Me Today homepage on April 2nd. In the picture was Moon Chae-won wearing a transparent long dress with a matching fur jacket,...More

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  Added new poster and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/04/04, Source
  Added new poster and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  FILMFEST DC: THE WASHINGTON, DC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  2012/04/04, Source
  FILMFEST DC: Korean embassy introduces two south korean films at the washington, dc international film festival "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" and "Romance Joe". Festival spotlights international comedies and caribbean journeys from april 12 - 22, 2012 WASHINGTON-In its 26th year, Filmfest DC: The Washington, DC International Film Festival is presenting more than 80 films from about 41 countries at top venues in Washington, DC. A full list of films, locations and screening times is now available on the Filmfest DC website, filmfestdc.org,...More

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  Added characters posters and trailer for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/03/29, Source
  Added characters posters and trailer for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Added teasers and new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/03/22, Source
  Added teasers and new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/03/20, Source
  Poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Added teaser and first stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse"
  2012/03/16, Source
  Added teaser and first stills for the upcoming Korean movie "A Muse",...More

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  Korean Blogathon 2012 : Sixth Batch
  2012/03/10, Source
  Saturday 10th March 2012 : Remember to add names of authors if possible! Feel free to message us if we miss you, there are a lot of links rolling in!,...More

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  Korean Blogathon 2012 : Second Batch
  2012/03/06, Source
  Tuesday 6th March 2012 : Remember to add names of authors if possible! Feel free to message us if we miss you, there are a lot of links rolling in!,...More

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  Florence Korea Film Fest to open with Always
  2012/02/27, Source
  The 10th Florence Korea Film Fest in Italy has announced it will open with Song Il-gon's "Always", last year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Opening Film. The festival will screen 32 feature films and 24 shorts during its nine-day run, and close with Kim Ki-duk's "ARIRANG - Movie", which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Set to run March 23 – 31 at the Cinema Odeon (Piazza Strozzi, 1) in Florence, the festival is organized by the Tae gukgi – Toscana Korea Association. Sponsors include Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the region of Tuscany (Toscana), the city of Florence and the Film Institutions of Tuscany Region,...More

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  Lotte sells Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon in Berlin Feb 14, 2012
  2012/02/16, Source
  South Korea's Lotte Entertainment has done a raft of deals on Kim Han-min's period action film "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", including to Showgate for Japan. Starring Park Hae-il as a man out to save his sister and her fiancé from Northern invaders, the film was the biggest domestic film hit in Korea last year. With 7.46 million admissions, it was second only to"Transformers: Dark of the Moon", which took 7.79 million admissions,...More

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  M-Line launches Doomsday Book at EFM
  2012/02/16, Source
  South Korean film sales company M-Line Distribution has launched pre-sales on science fiction drama "Doomsday Book", co-directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung, according to the "Screen International" market daily at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin. Budgeted at US$5m, "Doomsday Book" is made up of three short stories. One is about a robot attaining enlightenment, the second is about a zombie invasion and the third about an apocalyptic meteor crashing to Earth,...More

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  Korea's most anticipated films of 2012
  2012/02/10, Source
  With the start of the new year, the Korean film industry looks to its brightest prospects. Kang Byung-jin profiles eight highly anticipated films of 2012. "The Fortune Tellers"  In production. Directed by Sin Jeong-won. Starring Kim Soo-ro, Lee Je-hoon, Kang Ye-won. Produced by Dasepo Club, Saram Entertainment. Distributed by N.E.W.Release planned for the first half of 2012.   Korean fortune-tellers not only tell the future, but they also chase away ghosts. The background of "The Fortune Tellers" is Uljinri where a decades-old evil spirit rules. When mysterious accidents and events keep happening without avail, fortune-tellers from all over the country gather to hold a shaman ritual,...More

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  Korean box office had record year in 2011
  2012/01/31, Source
  South Korean films had a record year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and its box office report for 2011. The governmental body has announced total box office receipts came to a record KW1.23 trillion (US$1.1 billion) last year, up 7.4% from 2010. Admissions also rose to 159 million, up 8.7% compared to the year before. Korean films took 52% market share, making it the first time in four years that they took more than half the market,...More

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  Four Korean nominations at the Asian Film Awards
  2012/01/19, Source
  The 6th Asian Film Awards has announced nominations in 14 categories including one for Park Hae-il, the star of period action thriller "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", and three nominations for South Korea's Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film submission "The Front Line". Park Hae-il was nominated in the Asian Film Awards' Best Actor category for his performance in "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", the top domestic film last year in South Korea. Park played a character who is forced out of his shell to wage a one-man war to save his sister and her fiancé when they are taken by foreign invaders,...More

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  South Korean Box Office in 2011
  2012/01/14, Source
  Korean cinema expert Darcy Paquet looks back at the results of 2011's box office with some unexpected hits and misses, the rise of independent features, and how audiences confirmed they value story over spectacle. Although the number crunchers in Hollywood estimate that US theatrical admissions sank to their lowest level since 1995, things were not so gloomy in Korea. With an estimated 160 million tickets sold (more precise figures will become available at a later date), it appears that Korea has approached or broken the modern-day record for admissions. In 2010, total admissions stopped at 146.8 million. In monetary terms, 2011 was certainly the best year ever, given the 3D surcharge and rising average ticket prices. Americans may be growing tired of the theatrical movie-going experience, but young Koreans still crowd the multiplexes,...More

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  Big-budget films to open in 2012
  2012/01/05, Source
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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korea's Highest Grossing Foreign Films of 2011
  2011/12/31, Source
   Korea's Highest Grossing Foreign Films of 2011 We have seen Korean cinema succeed both locally and internationally this year, but which foreign films made it big in Korea in 2011? Besides the few international films from Asia and Europe it has been Hollywood that has dominated Korea's consumption of foreign films. "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" stood out as Korea's highest grossing domestic film of the year but even that was trumped by over 400,000 admissions to the third "Transformers" film,...More

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  Local films foray into Chinese market
  2011/12/26, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won in a still from the movie "Sector 7" By Lee Hyo-won The past year has seen Korean cinema on an upward climb from the recession that hit the industry hard in the mid-2000s, particularly as homespun works made successful debuts in the Chinese box office and more experimental mid-budget films drew crowds domestically. In the early 2000s, few Korean movies enjoyed wide releases in large neighboring Asian markets such as Japan. In September, however, "The Man From Nowhere", a 2010 crime drama, made successful box office debuts not only in Japan but also in China, one of the world's fastest growing markets,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Showdown": A Loveless Triangle of Blood and Blades
  2011/12/24
  After last week's review of Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" I felt a sudden craving for some more historical action. I came across Park Hoon-jung's "The Showdown" and thought it would be just the sort of flick that would satisfy my recent obsession with bows and swords. The film further intrigued me when I saw that Park also wrote the screenplay for "The Unjust" and "I Saw the Devil", two other great films from 2010. While not as flashy or adrenaline packed as "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", "The Showdown" has a darker taint that is psychologically driven and framed,...More

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  Won Bin Becomes 'Actor of the Year' for Two Consecutive Years
  2011/12/23, Source
  Gallup Korea conducted a survey to select the "Actor of the Year", and Won Bin has been chosen as the best actor for two years in a row. Gallup Korea said on December 22 that they had conducted a survey with 1,728 respondents from both men and women aged 13 or older across the nation from November 18 until December 6 to ask the best movie star of the year, and Won Bin obtained 11.3 percent of the votes. Gallup Korea let the respondents select two actors and counted the total votes,...More

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  Won Bin Named Actor of the Year
  2011/12/22, Source
  Won Bin has been named actor of the year by voters of a Gallup Korea poll for the second year in a row. According to the poll on 17-hundred people aged 13 years or older, eleven percent voted Won as their favorite actor,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/12/17
  Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" quickly became Korea's most successful film of 2011, marching up the ranks to eventually bank 7,459,974 admissions. Since its release in September, Kim's historical action flick has been showered with local awards spanning all major categories. However once you get some of the stardust and glare out of your eyes, the film's success can be pinned down to its ability to be, quite simply, great entertainment,...More

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  Korean film "Punch" invited to Berlin Film Festival
  2011/12/15, Source
  Korean film "Punch" (Wandeukyi) by director Lee Han has been invited to next year's Berlin International Film Festival, the film's local distributor said Thursday. The movie will be screened in the "My Generation" section of the 62nd festival for featuring movies for younger children and teens, CJ Entertainment and Media Co. said,...More

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  Moon Chae-won: 'I Will Show My New Appearance in New Year'
  2011/12/09, Source
  This year's rising star Moon Chae-won (25) appeared on a talk show program on News Y, which is the news channel produced by Yonhap News, to express her feelings about this year's huge achievement and new year's plan, and she said, "I appeared in two historical dramas this year, but I will try more to present my modern appearances next year". Moon Chae-won garnered two rookie actress awards at the Grand Bell Awards and Blue Dragon Awards with her appearance in the movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", and she gained great popularity with her appearance in KBS's melodrama about tragic love entitled "The Princess' Man". Those two works were both historical dramas, and Moon has obtained many male viewers' love by being selected as the most beautiful woman in a Hanbok,...More

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  Top issues in the 2011 Korean film industry
  2011/12/07, Source
  From sleeper hits to leading directors shooting abroad, society-changing films and game-changing moves, 2011 has been a surprising year for the Korean film industry. KANG Byeong-jin profiles the issues. Unexpected smash hits from "Sunny - 2010" and "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" - a year when dark horses rather than anticipated large-scale films led the race at the box office,...More

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  Bittersweet Life: Korean cinema's secret popularity in the UK
  2011/12/07, Source
  International distribution expert and analyst and former Screen International journalist Robert Mitchell looks at the gulf between artistic and business successes of Korean cinema in the UK. Ask any cine-literate film-goer, critic, blogger or tweeter in the UK about Korean cinema and you'll be greeted with an enthusiastic response. They will talk of the Hallyu period of the past decade, a wealth of some of the most creative and interesting film-making in the world. They will speak with passion about Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Bong Joon-ho. International festivals like Cannes play a major role in building this awareness. "The route to the international market is through festivals", says Danny PERKINS, CEO of StudioCanal UK, which released Bong's "The Host" and Kim's "3-Iron" amongst other Korean titles. "If a director's film features in one of the bigger festivals it can put them and their work permanently on the map",...More

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  "The Unjust" takes top prize at Blue Dragon Awards
  2011/11/28, Source
  Ryoo Seung-wan's crime thriller "The Unjust" snapped up three top prizes at the 32nd Blue Dragon Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Box office hit "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" picked up five awards, including Best Actor for Park Hae-il and Best Technical Effects for OH Se-young who did the period action thriller's action choreography,...More

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  From "Late Autumn - 2010" to "Countdown", this year's disappointing Top 3
  2011/11/28, Source
  Now that the Blue Dragon Film Awards are over, all the major award shows for 2011 are done. Several movies were released in 2011. While there were big office hits like "Detective K", "Sunny - 2010", "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" and "Punch", there were also movies that just came and went without any sound but were just as strong in quality and lingering imagery. My Daily chose the most disappointing Top 3 if 2011 in celebration of its 7th year publishing.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Highest Grossing Korean Films of 2011
  2011/11/26
  Highest Grossing Korean Films of 2011 2011 has produced a range of successful Korean films that have captured the public's imagination, tugged at their heartstrings, caused a few laughs, and asked some serious questions. Although the year is not quite done, the big films of the year have largely had their say at the box office. This week I wanted to take a look at the top domestic films of 2011 and see just what type of films captured the public's interest in 2011,...More

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  2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards Winners
  2011/11/26, Source
  Park Hae-il, Kim Ha-neul, Kim Soo-mi, Moon Chae-won and Ryu Seung-ryong 2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards winners' list,...More

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  Korean romantic comedies crash
  2011/11/20, Source
  The results of recent Korean romantic comedy movies are not that good. After the craze for "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" and "Silenced" passed by this summer, there was a spill of romantic comedies, showing the sweet affection between lovers. Despite the fact that October and November is off-season for theaters, these films threw their hat into the ring with the excuse that the cold weather would give a reason for lovers to spend their time watching movies,...More

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  The Front Line wins big at Korean Critics Awards
  2011/11/14, Source
  Director JANG Hun's "The Front Line" was the big winner at the 31st Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC) Awards. The ceremony was held at the Seoul Press Center on the evening of Friday, Nov. 11.  South Korea's submission to the Academy Awards best foreign language film nominations, The Front Line snapped up a total of four KAFC awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best New Actor,...More

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  Ha Jung-woo and Tang Wei win the Best Actor and Actress
  2011/11/11, Source
  Actor Ha Jung-woo and Tang Wei are being awarded the Best Actor and Actress at the Yeong Pyeong Awards chosen by movie critics. The Yeong Pyeong Awards hosted by the Korean Film Reviewer Association, was held on the 11th at the Press Center International Confernece Hall in Seoul.,...More

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  Historic War Drama Tops Nominations at Blue Dragon Awards
  2011/11/10, Source
  "The Front Line" has been nominated for 11 categories including Best Film at the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards, a leading annual awards ceremony organized by the Sports Chosun that focuses on new blockbusters. Directed by Jang Hoon, the movie revolves around a final battle fought in the early stages of the 1950-53 Korean War after the 1951 ceasefire is announced, showing how soldiers can lose their humanity in the insanity of war. It stars Shin Ha-kyun and Go Soo, among others,...More

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  Go Soo, Gong Soo, Park Hae-il compete for the Cheong Ryong Best Actor Award
  2011/11/08, Source
  Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hye-soo and Tang Wei are candidates for Best Actress. Go Soo, Gong Yoo, Park Hae-il, Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hye-soo and Tang Wei are competing for Best Actor and Actress at the 32nd Cheong Ryong Movie Awards,...More

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  KOFIC success at Tokyo market
  2011/11/02, Source
  The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced successful results from the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival and 8th TIFFCOM market after a presentation on co-productions and locations incentives, the Ko-production in Tokyo project meetings, and film sales at the KOFIC umbrella stand. On Oct. 26 at TIFFCOM, KOFIC held a presentation on Korea's Global Contents Fund and its Location Incentive Systems. More than 120 film industry professionals attended the event at Roppongi Hills. Kinema Junpo Film Institute's Executive Director Yoshio Kakeo opened the event that detailed the Korean government's KW100 billion (US$90 million) Global Fund, set for launch in November, as well as present KOFIC's co-productions and locations incentive programs,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.28 ~ 2011.10.30
  2011/11/01, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Punch" (완득이),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.10.28 ~ 2011.10.30
  2011/10/30, Source
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.10.28 ~ 2011.10.30) The Halloween weekend has pronounced Lee Han's "Punch" as number one with another steady weekend showing. "Punch" added close to 600,000 admissions to its gains as the film's popularity continues to gather momentum. The film now sits with 1.5 million tickets sold, clutching the bulk of moviegoers this week away from the rest of the pack,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.28 ~ 2011.10.30
  2011/10/30, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Punch" (완득이),...More

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  Korean film industry at the 8th TIFFCOM
  2011/10/28, Source
  By KOFIC Staff The Korean film industry is strongly represented at the Tokyo International Film Festival's content market TIFFCOM, which opened yesterday to run until Oct 26 in the Roppongi Hills complex. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has opened an umbrella stand with seven sales companies - CJ Entertainment, Showbox / Mediaplex, Finecut,M-Line Distribution, 9ers Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment, and Mirovision. "Last year, the KOFIC umbrella stand only had four companies, but this year we have a large-scale stand with seven companies. They are doing well with meetings results already on the first day. The companies were able to schedule ahead from Busan's Asian Film Market", said Jiwon CHOI, Japan & Europe Regional Manager on KOFIC's International Co-production Team,...More

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  Chungmuro actresses: 30's peak, but a lack of those in their 20's
  2011/10/27, Source
  It looks like actresses in their 30s are about to take over the theaters. One thing that's obvious in romantic comedies nowadays is that the actress is older than the actor. With it, we can see that their prevalence is becoming more noticeable,...More

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  Min Gyoo-dong's new film "Everything about my Wife" stars Im Soo-jung, Lee Sun-kyun, Ryu Seung-ryong
  2011/10/25, Source
  Im Soo-jung, Lee Sun-kyun and Ryu Seung-ryong have been cast for director Min Gyoo-dong's "Everything about my Wife". Known for his detail and sensitivity, director Min Gyoo-dong from "My Lovely Week", "Antique", "The Last Blossom" and others is coming back with a new movie called "Everything about my Wife". This movie is about Jeong-in (Im Soo-jung), who is nothing but honest, Doo-hyeon, who thinks divorce is harder than love and Seong-gi, a Casanova who is perfect to separate them,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.21 ~ 2011.10.23
  2011/10/25, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Punch" (완득이),...More

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  Moon Chae-won: 'Impressions of 'The Princess' Man' Still Lingers in My Mind'
  2011/10/25, Source
  Actress Moon Chae-won, who had played the female protagonist -- the daughter of Soo Yang Dae Goon named Lee Se Ryung -- in the KBS drama "The Princess' Man" that recently finished airing, said, "I personally liked the happy ending of the drama even though I also thought it must have had a strong impact with a tragic ending. People tend to expect vicarious satisfaction from watching a drama (laugh). I was very much satisfied with the idea that I could deliver a message of hope to the viewers". She had obtained love after experiencing many troubles and difficulties in the drama, and her happiness seemed to have revived again. Moon Chae-won (25) was highly praised by the viewers for her excellent acting in "The Princess' Man" by playing the character who falls in tragic love with the son of Kim Jong Seo named Seung Yoo (Park Si-hoo) in the drama,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.10.21 ~ 2011.10.23
  2011/10/24
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.10.21 ~ 2011.10.23) Lee Han's "Punch" edges past "Reel Steel" to sit atop the chart this week. Lee's drama has 461,290 to Shawn Levy's 453,322, seeing it jump from five to first. "Punch" stars Kim Yun-seok ("The Yellow Sea" and "The Chaser") and Yoo Ah-in ("Sungkyunkwan Scandal" and "Sky and Sea") as they act out Kim Yeo-ryung's popular novel on the big screen,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.21 ~ 2011.10.23
  2011/10/23, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Punch" (완득이),...More

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  Updated cast and pictures for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/10/21, Source
  Updated cast and pictures for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More
• VCR2 Weekly star scene
  2011/10/20, Source
  It's the battle of the stars! Arirang Today set off to get a closer look at the 48th Daejong Film Festival. Our first stop: the red carpet. Hours before the event, the sidelines of the red carpet were already filling up with fans determined to get a glimpse of their favorite star. [Interview : ] "Why did you bring the flowers [Interview : ] "I'm a fan of the actor Lee Je-hoon. I want to give these to him". [Interview : ] "What do you like about Lee Je-hoon [Interview : ] "He's very talented at portraying whatever character he is given. He's a fantastic actor",...More

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  The Front Line top winner at Korea's Grand Bell Awards
  2011/10/19, Source
  By KOFIC Staff "The Front Line" won Best Film at the 48th Grand Bell Awards on Monday, Oct. 17. In addition to this top award, director JANG Hun's Korean War drama snapped up a total of four awards - Best Planning LEE Woo-jung, Best Lighting for KIM Jae-min and Best Cinematography for KIM Wu-hyeong. The film is about North and South Korean soldiers battling over a small patch of mountainous terrain and the complicated relationships that grow between them. The Front Line is also the Republic of Korea's entry to the Academy Awards Foreign Language Film nominations,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.14 ~ 2011.10.16
  2011/10/18, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Real Steel",...More

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  48th Daejong Film Festival Awards Highlight Year's Best
  2011/10/18, Source
  The red carpet was out and so were the bright lights and celebrities at the 48th Daejong Film Festival Awards which were held on Monday at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. The Best Picture Award went to Korean War Drama Go-ji-jeon or the "The Front Line" . Kim Ha-neul took home the Best Actress Award for her role in the murder thriller "Blind",...More

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  "The Front Line" - "Arrow" lead, "Bleak Night" dark horse
  2011/10/17, Source
  22 award winners were awarded in 21 categories at the 48th Daejong Award Film Festival which was held on the 17th at 7:40PM at the Sejong Cultural Center. The highlights of this evening's event were the awarding of Best Actor to Park Hae-il from "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", Best Actress to Kim Ha-neul from "Blind", Best Picture to "The Front Line" and Director's Award to director Kang Hyeong-cheol from "Sunny - 2010",...More

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  Park Hae-il and Won Bin's shy eye exchange
  2011/10/17, Source
  Won Bin (left) and Park Hae-il are shaking hands at the 48th Daejong Award Film Festival and smiling shyly at each other. Park Hae-il received the Best Actor Award for "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" at the 48th Daejong Award Film Festival on the 17th, held at the Seoul Sejong Cultural Center. This is his first Best Actor Award in 5 years since the 2006 Director's Cut Aawrds.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.10.14 ~ 2011.10.16
  2011/10/16, Source
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.10.14 ~ 2011.10.16) As the dust of public criticism settles, spurred on by "Silenced", the foreign film "Reel Steel" now sits on top. With 590,043 admissions, Shawn Levy's "Reel Steel" captures the top spot away from the local flicks in its second week at the theatres. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, and Dakota Goyo. It's not another Ironman film, but its likeness is enough to beg the question and score some curious moviegoers' interest,...More

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  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" VS "Sunny - 2010", intense competition
  2011/10/16, Source
  The movies, actors and actress have been chosen strictly and fairly for the finals by 50 ordinary judges from September 5th to the 30th. Each category has five to six pictures or actors and actresses nominated. "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" and "Sunny - 2010" are competing against each other in several categories this year,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.14 ~ 2011.10.16
  2011/10/16, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Real Steel",...More

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  Kim Ha-neul VS Kim Hye-soo VS Choi Kang-hee, who is the Best Actress?
  2011/10/16, Source
  The list includes, Kim Ha-neul from "Blind", Kim Hye-soo from "Villain and Widow", Choi Kang-hee from "Petty Romance", Yoon So-jung from "Late Blossom", Bae Jong-ok from "The Last Blossom" and Shim Eun-kyung from "Sunny - 2010",...More

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  From Park Hae-il to Lee Soon-jae... competing for Best Actor
  2011/10/16, Source
    The 48th competition among the stars, the Daejong Award Movie Festival, will be grandly held at the Seoul Sejong Cultural Center today, October 17th. Given the candidates, it looks like the competition this year is going to be tougher than any other year,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.07 ~ 2011.10.09
  2011/10/11, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.10.07 ~ 2011.10.09
  2011/10/10, Source
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.10.07 ~ 2011.10.09) Hwang Dong-hyuk's controversial new film "Silenced" continues to cause a stir at the top of the chart. 447,049 admissions was enough to see it cling to the top prize as the Korean public continues to press for answers on the true life case that inspired its making,...More

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  [BIFF Everything] Han Hyo-joo has autograph session in front of an elevator
  2011/10/09, Source
  -- Jang Dong-gun and Joe Odagiri had drinks at a street vendor stall on October 6th. After the opening ceremony of BIFF, the "My Way" duo sat down at a street stall and tipped soju glasses into their mouths all night. Bodyguards surrounded the vendor street. -- Han Hyo-joo had an off-schedule autograph session. She was surrounded by 20 or so Japanese fans on October 7th, at the Grand Hotel lobby elevator. Her bodyguards tried to stop them but she gave them her autograph and held their hands. She experienced the popularity that sold out all the tickets for "Always" within seven seconds of its release,...More

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  Hallyu stars behind the scenes seen at BIFF
  2011/10/09, Source
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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.10.07 ~ 2011.10.09
  2011/10/09, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  Box office, Sept. 22 - Oct. 4
  2011/10/07, Source
  - "Silenced" tops the charts and raises voices of protest The two weeks lasting from Sept. 22 to Oct. 4 were witness to a remarkable box office phenomenon in the form of the film "Silenced". Based on a shocking real-life incident in which young students at a school for the deaf were sexually assaulted by their teacher and principal, the film has outraged and mobilized viewers, who are demanding that justice be served and new laws be passed to protect vulnerable children. The popular phenomenon surrounding the film, including extensive coverage by the news media, has caused many to take note of the power and influence of the film medium,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.30 ~ 2011.10.02
  2011/10/04, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.09.30 ~ 2011.10.02
  2011/10/02, Source
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.09.30 ~ 2011.10.02) Hwang Dong-hyuk's "Silenced" has been causing quite a stir with the public since its release late last month. The film has ignited outrage from the public as this true story raises questions into the serial rape of disabled students that started back in 2000 at a school outside the capital (news for those stories are here). "Silenced" earned 911,179 admissions this past weekend, putting it on total of 2,501,300 as it once again secures the number one position,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.30 ~ 2011.10.02
  2011/10/02, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  Be Aware for the UPCOMING MOVIE 'Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon'
  2011/09/30, Source
  Park Hae-il Will SURELY Pierce the Hearts of All Women in the US! Don't miss your opportunity to watch 'Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon' Releasing in LA (September 30th) and Nationwide (October 7th)! Succeeding over Won Bin's "The Man From Nowhere" in 2010, Park Hae-il's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" hits straight to the top of the box office :) Here's a brief synopsis: Nam-Yi uses an arrow that is only 1/3 of the traditional arrow size and weight, making it superior in velocity, force, and range. His arrows make it hard to detect the shooter's location, thus ideal for an ambush. On the other hand, Jyu Shin-Ta uses an arrow that is 24 times heavier than the traditional arrow, tearing apart targets with just one shot. Different features and actions that are performed by each bow will keep you on the edge of your seat with action that has never before been experienced in Korean film history,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.23 ~ 2011.09.25
  2011/09/27, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.09.23 ~ 2011.09.25
  2011/09/26, Source
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2011.09.23 ~ 2011.09.25) "Silenced", by Hwang Dong-hyuk, is this week's new number one with 685,784 admissions. His latest film is a drama based on Gong Ji-young's novel of the same name. "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" may have slipped to number two but having just broken the 7 million admissions mark the film is looking set to trump "Sunny" as Korea's top film of 2011,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.23 ~ 2011.09.25
  2011/09/25, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Silenced" (도가니),...More

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  Koreans' Love for Traditional Archery
  2011/09/23, Source
  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", a movie about a master archer in the Joseon Dynasty, is still number 1 on the Korean movie charts, six weeks after its premiere on August 10th! It was also the opening film at the London Korean Movie Festival 2011. Upon the release of this movie, interest in gukgung [국궁], or Korean traditional archery, has been growing in Korea, which can be seen in various tournaments around the country. [Interview : PD] "Why do you practice gukgung [Interview : An Seong-gi, Participant] "I wondered at first why I was learning something from the Joseon Dynasty, but now I find it to be fun and beneficial",...More

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  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" could break the 7 million mark
  2011/09/21, Source
  It looks like movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" could step over 7 million admissions. According to the Korean Film Council, on September 22nd the accumulated number of admissions for "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" is at 6,871,536,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.16 ~ 2011.09.18
  2011/09/20, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Week-end Box Office 2011.09.16 ~ 2011.09.18
  2011/09/18, Source
     Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.09-16~2011.09.19) Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" has retaken its seat at the top of this week's chart. With a grand total of 6,589,663, the film is just under a million admissions short of being Korea's biggest film of year. Trailing only the current number one "Sunny - 2010",...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.16 ~ 2011.09.18
  2011/09/18, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" breaks through 6 million audience during Chuseok
  2011/09/13, Source
  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" by Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong and Moon Chae-won continued its dominance during the Chuseok holiday and broke through 6 million admissions. According to the Korean Film Commission, "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" was released on August 10th and has so far recorded 6,172,643 audiences.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.09.09 ~ 2011.09.11
  2011/09/13, Source
      Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.09-09~2011.09.11) The numbers are in for the Chuseok holiday and Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" has bowed out to Jeong Tae-won's "Marrying the Mafia IV - Family Ordeal" by around 200,000 admissions. The new action comedy claimed 601,363 admissions to come out on top this past Chuseok weekeend, upsetting a successful run at the top for Kim Han-min's summer blockbuster,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.09 ~ 2011.09.11
  2011/09/11, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Marrying the Mafia IV - Family Ordeal" (가문의 영광 4 - 가문의 수난),...More

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  Moon Chae-won Reveals Alluring Charms
  2011/09/10, Source
  The powerful emotions that emanate from her tender, fragile face are part of what gives 25-year-old actress Moon Chae-won that highly desirable yet difficult to categorize element which, in showbusiness, is more precious than gold: star quality. Recently, Moon has become hugely popular for her portrayal of a doomed lover in the KBS2 TV drama, "The Princess' Man",...More

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  "Marrying the Mafia IV - Family Ordeal" and "Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon" is a box office hit
  2011/09/07, Source
  There has been an unexpected change in theaters during the first week of September. The newly released "Marrying the Mafia IV - Family Ordeal" has beaten "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", which has been the leading movie in theaters. According to the Korean Film Commission, "Marrying the Mafia IV - Family Ordeal" became a box office hit with 62,018 viewers in a day.,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.02 ~ 2011.09.04
  2011/09/06, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.09.02 ~ 2011.09.04
  2011/09/05, Source
   Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.09-02~2011.09.04) Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" strides past the 5 million mark to hold the number one spot for the fourth week running. The blockbuster saw an additional 420,768 admissions piled on top of its already impressive total for the summer,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.09.02 ~ 2011.09.04
  2011/09/04, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  Added new stills and video for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/09/02, Source
  Added new stills and video for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.26 ~ 2011.08.28
  2011/08/30, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.08.26 ~ 2011.08.28
  2011/08/28, Source
  Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.08-26~2011.08.28)  With the 4 million mark well and truly passed, Kim Han-min's "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" is looking good at the top of the pile. The blockbuster added 706,657 to its impressive total, outshining the pack in a strong play for one of the summer's top crowd pleasers. "Sector 7" was removed from the top ten this week, much to its lackluster plot and heavy reliance on visuals over quality story telling.,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.26 ~ 2011.08.28
  2011/08/28, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.19 ~ 2011.08.21
  2011/08/23, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.08.19 ~ 2011.08.21
  2011/08/22, Source
    Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.08-19~2011.08.21) "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" continues to received strong support to make it this week's number one at the box office. Kim Han-min's film grabbed another 894,601 admissions this past weekend to push its total tickets sales comfortably past 3 million, showing that a good story as well as visuals is what was needed to remain captivating in the publics eyes.,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.19 ~ 2011.08.21
  2011/08/21, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  Local films dominate over long weekend
  2011/08/18, Source
  Korean films dominated the local box office over the long weekend, with four local works ranking among the top five. During the Liberation Day holiday from Aug. 12 to Monday, "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" shot to the No. 1 spot with 1.35 million viewers, according to the Korean Film Council. Since opening in theaters Aug. 10, the period action flick has so far brought in 2 million admissions and continues to top the rankings. On Wednesday alone it attracted 160,000 viewers. It is the first Korean movie to attract such numbers at such a fast rate this year,...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.12 ~ 2011.08.14
  2011/08/16, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.08.12 ~ 2011.08.14
  2011/08/15, Source
  Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.08-12~2011.08.14) South Korea is enjoying its Independence Day this Monday August 15th. Even so the numbers this past weekend don't suggest that an overwhelming number of people have chosen to spend it at the theatres. "Sector 7" as been displaced by the period action piece "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" as critics and filmgoers discover a serious lack of substances to Korea first big budget 3D action flick.,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.12 ~ 2011.08.14
  2011/08/14, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" (최종병기 활 (活)),...More

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  Added music video 'Moon Shadow' by Kim Moo-yul and new stills for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/08/12, Source
  Added music video 'Moon Shadow' by Kim Moo-yul and new stills for the Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Korean box office for 2011/08/10
  2011/08/10, Source
  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", first with,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2011/08/10 in Korea
  2011/08/10, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2011/08/10 in Korea "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" and "Blind",...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.05 ~ 2011.08.07
  2011/08/09, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Sector 7" (7광구),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.08.05 ~ 2011.08.07
  2011/08/07, Source
  Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.08-05~2011.08.07) The hugely anticipated "Sector 7" snatches number one this week as it sees some 1,154,158 admissions in its opening weekend. Truly massive numbers for its first week and its success is likely to challenge Korea's top films of the year as its stay on the charts is all but guaranteed for the next few weeks.,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.08.05 ~ 2011.08.07
  2011/08/07, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Sector 7" (7광구),...More

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  'Arrow' aims for new horizons
  2011/08/04, Source
  Actor Park Hae-il appears in a scene from Kim Han-min's epic archery action film "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon". / Courtesy of Lotte Entertainment By Lee Hyo-won Finally, a film that ties enduring soul-searching themes with exhilarating action and dashes of tasteful comedy, all set in a familiar yet exotic backdrop. "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon", a well-directed and craftily edited "kill all with a single arrow" period piece, could have consulted a better VFX supervisor. Still, it offers thrilling, multi-textured entertainment that makes modern snipers seem boring. Strong box office sales are highly probable along with ancillary potential overseas as distribution rights have been sold to 13 countries,...More

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  Release dates being pulled forward or pushed back
  2011/08/03, Source
  The first national 3D action blockbuster "Sector 7", horror movie "Ghastly" and the first bow and arrow action movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" all changed their dates for different reasons. "Sector 7" cancelled its plan to release on the morning of the 4th due to technical problems and postponed to the evening time.,...More

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  "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" actor Park Hae-il
  2011/08/03, Source
  Actor Park Hae-il from the movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" is posing for an interview on the 3rd,...More

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  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/08/03, Source
  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.07.29 ~ 2011.07.31
  2011/08/02, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The Front Line" (고지전),...More

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  Today's Photo: August 2, 2011
  2011/08/02, Source
  Actress Moon Chae-won poses at a press event for her new movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" in Seoul on Monday,...More

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  Early Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.07.29 ~ 2011.07.31
  2011/07/31, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The Front Line" (고지전),...More

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  Added new poster, stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/07/27, Source
  Added new poster, stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Trailer and making of released for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/07/12, Source
  Trailer and making of released for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  "Beware Transformers and move!", the 3 blue chips of Chungmuro strike back
  2011/07/04, Source
  They say the first impressions are the most lasting. The Chungmuro blue chip directors whose first movies have made big hits are acting as tow trucks for the revival of Korean movies. As "Transformers 3" has gathered 2,000,000 admissions in the weekend only, the Korean directors are preparing to strike back.,...More

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  New poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/07/04, Source
  New poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/06/27, Source
  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Characters' posters revealed and lauching show video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/06/23, Source
  Characters' posters revealed and lauching show video for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  'Arrow' aims ultimate summer success
  2011/06/23, Source
  A scene from "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" By Kwaak Je-yup The filmmakers and actors of summer blockbuster "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" are confident bows and arrows can entertain just as much as guns and bullets. At a promotional press event on Tuesday in Seoul, the film's director Kim Han-min ("Hand Phone", 2009) said he felt as a child "a visceral pleasure" from using the traditional weapon, which he "hoped the audience will share with this movie",...More

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  Today's Photo: June 22, 2011
  2011/06/22, Source
  Actress Moon Chae-won poses at a press event for her new movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon" in Seoul on Tuesday,...More

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  Poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/06/21, Source
  Poster revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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  Teaser revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon"
  2011/06/16, Source
  Teaser revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon",...More

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